Tag: research-led
Semiotic power of Her story
Ana Pavlić looks at the writing and activism of Marija Jurić Zagorka, who worked against the politics of her time to expose and improve the status of women.
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(13 March 1890 – 22 May 1970)
In our monthly post from Scottish PEN, Margery Palmer McCulloch shows how Willa Muir was “‘dangerous’ in the best creative and cultural sense of the word”.
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In the lead up to the US Presidential election, Meryl Kenny looks at gender in politics, from ‘dangerous’ and ‘nasty’ women to the glass ceiling above them.
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St Margaret of Scotland
Today, Claire Harrill takes a look at danger in an unexpected place – the 11th century Scottish Queen Margaret, who became a saint.
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‘Brick in a soft hat’
Through art and essay, Susan Dessel recounts the work of Martha Gruening, journalist and activist for black civil rights in the United States of the early 20th century.
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‘Dangerous’ didn’t always mean what it does today… Isabel Davis reveals what it meant to be a ‘dangerous woman’ in the Middle Ages. You’ll be surprised!
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Kayleigh Tervooren argues that our understanding of female agency, particularly when it comes to violence and terrorism, needs to move beyond Western ideas of gender binaries.
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Lúthien’s challenge to Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth is criticised for its lack of female characters. Here, Anahit Behrooz demonstrates there is at least one notable exception.
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The singing non-singer
‘Some women are dangerous… because of their voice…’ Eva Moreda Rodriguez tells us of one of Spain’s earliest recording artists, Amparo Cardenal.
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